Words that rhyme with anschluss

  • eohippus
    n 1: earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed Eocene animal [syn: eohippus, dawn horse]
  • grampus
    n 1: predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas [syn: killer whale, killer, orca, grampus, sea wolf, Orcinus orca] 2: slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas [syn: grampus, Grampus griseus]
  • gyrocompass
    n 1: a compass that does not depend on magnetism but uses a gyroscope instead
  • hippocampus
    n 1: a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories 2: seahorses [syn: Hippocampus, genus Hippocampus]
  • lupus
    n 1: any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease 2: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus
  • platypus
    n 1: small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae [syn: platypus, duckbill, duckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus]
  • puss
    n 1: obscene terms for female genitals [syn: cunt, puss, pussy, slit, snatch, twat] 2: informal terms referring to a domestic cat [syn: kitty, kitty-cat, puss, pussy, pussycat]
  • sourpuss
    n 1: someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression [syn: sourpuss, picklepuss, gloomy Gus, pouter]
  • pappus
    n 1: calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions
  • schuss
    v 1: ski downhill
  • atropos
    n 1: the Greek goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life
  • priapus
    n 1: (classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyards
  • lepus
    n 1: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Orion and Columba 2: type genus of the Leporidae: hares [syn: Lepus, genus Lepus]
  • oedipus
    n 1: (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles [syn: Oedipus, King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex]
  • lysippus
    n 1: Greek sculptor (4th century BC)
  • belarus
    n 1: a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet [syn: Belarus, Republic of Belarus, Byelarus, Byelorussia, Belorussia, White Russia]
  • canopus
    n 1: supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky
  • olympus
    n 1: a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high) [syn: Olympus, Mount Olympus, Mt. Olympus, Olimbos]
  • carpus
    n 1: a joint between the distal end of the radius and the proximal row of carpal bones [syn: wrist, carpus, wrist joint, radiocarpal joint, articulatio radiocarpea]
  • acarpous
    adj 1: producing no fruit
  • syncarpous
    adj 1: (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels [ant: apocarpous]
  • apocarpous
    adj 1: (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses [ant: syncarpous]
  • tungus
    n 1: a member of the Tungus speaking people of Mongolian race who are a nomadic people widely spread over eastern Siberia; related to the Manchu [syn: Tungus, Evenk] 2: the Tungusic language of the Evenki in eastern Siberia [syn: Tungus, Tunguz, Evenki, Ewenki]
  • polypus
    n 1: a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane [syn: polyp, polypus]
  • habeas
  • chiapas
  • palpus
  • aristippus
  • monocarpous
  • oligocarpous
  • upas
  • cottbus